Chords for Ry Cooder @ Nick Lowe - How Can A Poor Man Stand Such Times And Live [2009]

[F] We had a toilet and [Eb] a shower and a bed all in [G] one.
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Italian kind of [G] thing, you know.
_ _ _ _ So we're going home to our respective [F] little corners of the world, [G] you know.
It's a way to do it again.
Oh yeah, Flocka, well that's a [A] good thing.
Let me mention Flocka.
[F] Flocka was going to be here, you know.
You can see he's not here.
[Db] I'm very sorry, we're all [E] very sorry.
He's very sorry, see, but he didn't feel so good.
[Eb] He stayed on in San Antonio, [G] Texas, see.
[Em] I sent him a card or a [G] letter, as I said. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] [G] There's a tune by a great American totally unknown, but great [C] nevertheless.
[G] Lied off a bee. _ _ _ _
[E] This is a tune that [G] Alfred Scott wrote for us this year. _ _
_ He's a great songwriter, really is, and [F] always lived in America.
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_ _ This one's called How Can a Poor [Eb] Man. Thank you.
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you.
A little wine.
[C] [D] You're going to be [Em] alright.
[D] _ _ _ [G] All he gives you is a [A] humble [G] [C] meal.
A dose of dough and a [Am] great big [C] meal.
[D] Tell me how [G] can a poor [D] man stand [G] such time as today?
_ [C] _ _ _ Tell [G] me how can a [D] poor man stand such [G] time as today?
How can a poor man stand [C] such time as today?
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_ _ States.
_ [Dm] Recently, we watched [G] hundreds of billions of dollars go flying.
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[G] _ We lost the farm, but they gave [B] away [C] the [D] whole damn [G] store.
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[G] I guess they're going to take back _ everything [C] _ _ [Am] we've been working for.
[E] So tell me how can a poor man [D] stand such time as [G] today?
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_ [Gm] Tell me how can [G] a poor [D] man stand such [G] time as [C] today?
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[E] _ [D] _ [G] _ Now if you're beat in [D] the C train, _ [G] that's alright.
_ That's okay.
[D] _ _ [G] If you're a moral [Fm] scum, we take [D] care of you.
[A] _ [Gbm] You're [D] covered in [G] junk because the crooks get cash and the [D] [Bm] poor get [C] screwed.
_ That's right [A] back where we started [Em] from.
Tell [D] me how can a poor man stand such time [G] as today? _ _
[C] _ _ _ [D] Tell me how can [G] a poor man [D] stand [G] such time as today?
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